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2017 All the negative space around you
turns into positive space,
all the particles charged and
in the face of this bottled up explosion I’m breathing in
I have to get out of your atmosphere.
But I’m rooted,
you get me,
you can translate these pages
better than I can
but you don’t get to go down in flames
when the pressure’s building.
I will smoke you out.
This inverted world
tipped back upright,
glued together with more than sealed lips and feathers
like you know how to walk when I can’t
This inverted world
tipped back upright,
spilled out of your mouth
every time you fly up behind me.
Here I am reliving all these moments,
here I am not telling you
you can translate these pages
better than I can
so you don’t get to break the glass,
I can’t get out of your atmosphere,
we will ignite or
we will smolder
and even then they can use our ashes.
